Cannabis history

“The dramatic increase in the use of marihuana and other drugs during the latter 1960’s was a matter of high public visibility. In response, President Johnson offered Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1968. This reorganization was effective on April 8, 1968 and placed the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (of Treasury) and the Bureau of Drug Abuse Control (of FDA) in the Department of Justice and designated it the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.”

“Since about 1968 the University of Mississippi has held a registration from the DEA or its predecessor agency to cultivate marijuana for government use and research activities… [as] the only DEA-registered cultivator of marijuana. The University of Mississippi… supplies marijuana to researchers for studies ranging from chemical research to preclinical toxicology in animals to clinical work on humans.”